The Brian Lehrer Show

Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.

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Opening Up About Your Student Debt


In the latest episode of WNYC's podcast Death, Sex & Money, host Anna Sale speaks with many people whose student loan debt has affected their relationships, careers, and families. She'll also talk about the show's ongoing project, Our Student Loan Se


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 June 28, 2017  33m
 
 

The Rent Freeze is Over


Affordable housing is a very real issue that affects all New Yorkers. And now that the rent freeze is over, rents are going to increase: 1.25% increase for 1-year leases and 2% increases for 2-year leases. So the endless quest for affordable housing goes


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 June 28, 2017  25m
 
 

TRussia Daily: While Trump Was Tweeting About 'Fake News'


Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast's senior national security correspondent, discusses the latest news from the Trump-Russia investigations, including how the President is consumed with investigation news instead of potential further military action in Sy


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 June 28, 2017  29m
 
 

Experimenting With Love


Mandy Len Catron, the author of the acclaimed and viral New York Times essay, "To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This," discusses her take on love now and her new book, How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays(Simon & Schuster, 2017). Her 36


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 June 27, 2017  24m
 
 

Why Trump Still Won't Say Anything Definitive About Russia


Maggie Haberman, New York Times White House correspondent, and Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic national security and foreign policy staff writer, on Donald Trump's refusal to say anything definitive about Russia's involvement in the U.S. elections, a tactic wh


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 June 27, 2017  20m
 
 

Can Albany and New York City See Eye to Eye?


Ken Lovett, Albany bureau chief for The Daily News, and Brigid Bergin, WNYC's City Hall and politics reporter, talk about the Albany/NYC relationship when it comes to the issues plaguing the MTA and mayoral control of the schools, and the increased prese


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 June 27, 2017  24m
 
 

Breaking Down the Health Care Bill


Will the Senate health care plan pass? The two parties are predicting very different outcomes. But even more so, will there even be a debate to begin with? And who will be hit with the highest premiums? And why will the bill cut Planned Parenthood fundin


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 June 27, 2017  36m
 
 

Rep. Rosa DeLauro's Fight For Working America


Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman and Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Dem. (CT) and the author of The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable (The New Press, 2017) talks about what Republicans get wrong about a


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 June 26, 2017  20m
 
 

Al Franken: From SNL to the U.S. Senate


Al Franken, U.S. Senator (D MN) former comedy writer and actor, and the author of Al Franken, Giant of the Senate talks about his improbable path from Saturday Night Live to the U.S. Senate. Plus the latest on the news on the health care bill and where t


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 June 26, 2017  36m
 
 

Responding to LGBTQ Discrimination


New York City is arguably the epicenter of gay culture, but there's been a rise in discrimination claims of sexual orientation and gender identity. Carmelyn Malalis, chair and commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, talks about how


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 June 26, 2017  17m